This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Captain Edward Mason Grantham , Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 27 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Frank Cyril John Hill, DCM 8900, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 27 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private 2nd Class Jules Leopold Vandevenne 127/68125 / (48), 3rd Belgian Chasseur de Pied
Died 27 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Flight Lieutenant Harold Rosher , Royal Naval Air Service
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Charles E Kensett 34410, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Walter Alexander Cliff-McCulloch , Royal Irish Rifles
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John George Whitbread 1701, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Stewardess Adelaide Ann Palmer , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Maloja" (Belfast)
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Stewardess E Maberley , Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) - SS Maloja
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Stewardess Esther Seymour , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Maloja" (Belfast)
Died 27 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Civilian Armorel Kitty Trevelyan , Army Service Corps (Canteens)
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Driver Harold W Bennett 95210, Royal Field Artillery
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Frank Arthur Wood 59057, Royal Field Artillery
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Hall 37316, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Frederick Bickell L/15470, Middlesex Regiment
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Powell 16/509, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ivor McCrae Wakefield 31425, East Surrey Regiment
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas William Collison 23346, Norfolk Regiment
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Albert Charles Fricker , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 27 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Walford Doody 532096, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 27 February 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Henry Robbins 28477, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 February 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Whatley 33720, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 February 1918
Lives of the First World War
Driver George Robinson T/291142, Army Service Corps
Died 27 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Dennison M2/229634, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 27 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Drummer John Jack Patrick Murphy 8933, South Wales Borderers
Died 27 February 1927
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Acting Captain John James Crowe VC , 2nd Worcestershire Regiment
Died 27 February 1965
Lives of the First World War